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Chris Haley is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research output spans 79 publications in these primary fields, with notable specialization in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Dermatology, and Immunology.

Their research addresses diverse topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Chris Haley has published frequently in several scientific venues, with a particular presence in the following journals:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • Genome biology
  • PLoS Genetics

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19," 2020, Nature
  • "Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals," 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • "Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues," 2024, Nature Genetics
  • "Identification of epigenome-wide DNA methylation differences between carriers of APOE ε4 and APOE ε2 alleles," 2021, Genome Medicine

Throughout their career, Chris Haley has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Caroline Hayward
  • Andrew M. McIntosh
  • David J. Porteous
  • Archie Campbell
  • Pau Navarro

Best Publications

  • A simple regression method for mapping quantitative trait loci in line crosses using flanking markers.

    Chris Haley;Sara Knott

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • A regulatory mutation in IGF2 causes a major QTL effect on muscle growth in the pig

    Anne-Sophie Van Laere;Minh Nguyen;Martin Braunschweig;Carine Nezer

  • Epistasis: too often neglected in complex trait studies?

    Örjan Carlborg;Chris S. Haley

  • Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Growth and Fatness in Pigs

    Leif Andersson;Chris S. Haley;Hans Ellegren;Sara A. Knott

  • Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Crosses between Outbred Lines Using Least Squares

    Chris Haley;Sara Knott;J M Elsen

  • Confidence Intervals in QTL Mapping by Bootstrapping

    Peter M. Visscher;Robin Thompson;Chris S. Haley

  • Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways

    David M. Howard;Mark J. Adams;Masoud Shirali;Toni Kim Clarke

  • QTL Express: mapping quantitative trait loci in simple and complex pedigrees

    George Seaton;Chris S. Haley;Sara A. Knott;Mike Kearsey

  • The PiGMaP consortium linkage map of the pig (Sus scrofa).

    A L Archibald;C S Haley;J F Brown;S Couperwhite

  • Methods for multiple-marker mapping of quantitative trait loci in half-sib populations.

    Sara Knott;J.M. Elsen;Chris Haley

  • Genomewide Rapid Association Using Mixed Model and Regression: A Fast and Simple Method For Genomewide Pedigree-Based Quantitative Trait Loci Association Analysis

    Yurii S Aulchenko;Dirk-Jan de Koning;Chris Haley

  • Multiple marker mapping of quantitative trait loci in a cross between outbred wild boar and large white pigs

    Sara A. Knott;Lena Marklund;Chris S. Haley;Kjell Andersson

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

    Lasse Folkersen;Stefan Gustafsson;Qin Wang;Qin Wang;Daniel Hvidberg Hansen

  • Detecting epistasis in human complex traits

    Wen-Hua Wei;Gibran Hemani;Chris S Haley

  • Application of high-dimensional feature selection: evaluation for genomic prediction in man.

    Mairead Lesley Bermingham;Ricardo Pong-Wong;Athina Spiliopoulou;Caroline Hayward

  • Marker-Assisted Introgression in Backcross Breeding Programs

    Peter M. Visscher;Chris S. Haley;Robin Thompson

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

    Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

  • Insulin resistance: Genetic associations with depression and cognition in population based cohorts

    Sophia Frangou;Masoud Shirali;Mark J. Adams;David M. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Pau Navarro
Pau Navarro University of Edinburgh
David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Peter M. Visscher
Peter M. Visscher University of Oxford
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Dirk-Jan de Koning
Dirk-Jan de Koning Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh

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